Meanwhile, somewhere deep in the legal labyrinth, the Dutch Central Bank claims that its mass surveillance correspondence with banks is *so* secret, that not even a judge is allowed to look at the documents. The judge did not agree. Of course the central bank will just drag this out in appeal. Two years since the initial freedom of information request and counting...

Human Rights in Finance.EU

DNB weigert rechter te laten toetsen en hoopt zo haar Woo-verplichtingen te ontlopen - AMS 25/1652 - Human Rights in Finance.EU

DNB wilde in zaak tegen HRIF.EU de rechter geen inzage geven in stukken (8:29 Awb) - hoogst ongebruikelijk en het maakt rechterlijke toetsing onmog...

UK keeps pushing hard for total surveillance. As far as Starmer is concerned, nobody on the planet deserves privacy, let alone has a right to it. All "for the children".

the Guardian

Starmer gives tech firms ultimatum to block explicit images on children’s phones

Companies such as Apple and Google have until September to install software or face legislation, says PM

No strong opinion, but I'll buy the hat :-) View quoted note →

If you fall for a fiat boiler room scam, Dutch banks no long have to compensate you. It's now literally safer to self custody Bitcoin in even the shittiest wallet.

Zelf geld overgemaakt naar een fraudeur? Dan krijg je het niet altijd terug

Twee SNS-klanten boekten zelf bijna 60.000 euro over naar een fraudeur. De slachtoffers hoeven niet gecompenseerd te worden, oordeelt een klachteni...

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VibeOS

Oh right, Warsaw has two airports... well that's one way to spend more sats.

Getting hungry... #BFF

@BitBlik another feature request: be able to select which (default) external wallet app to use. The Damus app can do it, so should be possible somehow on iOs.

Works with Bolt taxi too, nice. #BFF View quoted note →

Such an epic venue. And of course appropriate irony to watch films about a capitalist project in a building dedicated to Stalin. #BFF

Hadn't seen this one before, but it's great! #BFF